Concordat of Sentient Life

The Concordat of Sentient Life, sometimes referred to as the CSL or simply the Concordat, is the organization that naturally grew out of the failure of the Human-Azimdi Condordat. Restructured with a far more military stint, with emphasis in technology and magic both being placed on usefulness in warfare.

The Legislacore remained in function, but became ultimately subservient to a new branch of government placed ahead of it, the Bureau. The Bureau consisted of all the highest ranked Generals and Admirals of the Concordat forces, most of whom at its inception were hardened veterans of the War of Annihilation. Emperor himself took the lead spot of the Bureau, and together they determined policy, which was then dictated to the senatorial function of the Legislacore, and then down to the Avenues.

Perhaps surprisingly there was little to no grumbling about this rather sudden shift in policy. The Concordat spent almost a decade in isolation, and made it clear the overall intention was not forced conquest, but rather peace through superior military position. In the wake of the Consumers disaster, precious few Humans or Azimdi were willing to risk another devastating war that could be averted if properly prepared. This more cynical attitude of presuming the galaxy was a hostile place ended up shaping policy for decades to come.

The more or less formal term for the Concordat grew after they finally ended their decade long isolation and began expanding once again, more cautiously this time. Settling and terraforming as they went, but a huge number of new species were met in this period of growth. These include the Tygians, Trolls, Elves, Dwarves, Orcs, Ogres, Gnomes, Goblins, Kobolds, Entithans, Lamias, Ondurians, Murkan, Luvari, and of course the rather infamous Vorsaat. Many of these people, either in part or in whole, ended up joining the Concordat for the promises of mutual protection against a hostile galaxy.

This did lead to a few embarrassing incidents, notably the Elven Civil War during the years 130-144. By contrast, the Vorsaat almost universally loathed the very concept of the Concordat, and border skirmishes and violence between both forces was semi common for decades.

It was under the Concordat's reign that the Settlement Systems program was begun. Using advanced terraforming magitek, several otherwise barren and useless systems were being restructured for either colonization or retirement. The earliest successful example of these is the Resirce system, in Sector 23. Several million settlers were already signed up for colonizing the area, and within a very short period of time had formed the Terenok Confederacy and signed an accord with the Concordat, ensuring Terenok independence while still allowing Concordians to settle the area should they desire to.